Hi :) my extremely inelegant way would be to uninstall both and then just reinstall the one you do want. There has to be a lot of better ways to do this though! Regards from Tom :)
>________________________________ > From: M Henri Day <mhenri...@gmail.com> >To: Dan Lewis <elderdanle...@gmail.com> >Cc: "LibreOffice, users" <users@global.libreoffice.org> >Sent: Sunday, 10 February 2013, 18:02 >Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Installing the Deb > >2013/2/9 Dan Lewis <elderdanle...@gmail.com> > >> On 02/09/2013 04:21 PM, Jay Lozier wrote: >> >>> On 02/09/2013 03:07 PM, Tom Davies wrote: >>> >>>> Hi :) >>>> I downloaded the .Deb for Ubuntu (and others) twice yday and tried >>>> installing it as per instructions but when i tried running LibreOffice >>>> from the command-line by typing in >>>> >>>> libreoffice >>>> >>>> I got an error message saying that LibreOffice couldn't run because i >>>> was missing a package called something like >>>> >>>> >>>> libreoffice-common >>>> >>>> when i looked through all the packages in the Deb and desktop integration >>>> folders i found there was one! I'm sure it's been there in previous >>>> releases?! However when i double-click on a docX or odt or anything >>>> then LibreOffice 4 does successfully open it. >>>> >>>> >>>> So, it's a bit weird but doesn't seem to be problem unless i try that odd >>>> way of opening LO in a way that i would never normally have tried unless >>>> i wanted to try to collect error reports and stuff (ie never). >>>> >>>> Regards from >>>> Tom :) >>>> >>> Tom >>> >>> I confirm the CLI libreoffice gives the error missing libreoffice-common >>> run sudo apt-get libreoffice-common. >>> >>> This was using LO 4.0 (direct download) and Mint 13 Maya. All the >>> features have beens installed including help-pack and SDK >>> >>> LO 4.0 does run when menu or file is clicked. >>> >>> What is the CLI entry to run LO 4.0 in Linux I think is the question. >>> >>> Command line to run LO 4.0 (or earlier versions as well) in linux: >> /opt/libreoffice4.0/program/**soffice. (Note, you could use sbase, >> scalc, etc. instead of soffice.) >> When Ubuntu installs it version of LO, it puts a script that starts >> LO in Path$. So, if you want to use the command line, add >> /opt/libreoffice4.0/program to Path$. Then use sbase, scalc, sdraw, >> simpress, or soffice in the command line. Ubuntu will know what to do with >> it. >> What I do is to add a menu to the top panel. Within it, I have the >> icons (tools?) that will open the particular version of a program such as >> LO that I want. You have to edit the Applications menu first creating a new >> menu. Then add the new menu to the top panel. (There is a little more to do >> with this though.) >> file:///home/dan/Screenshot%**20from%202013-02-09%2017:23:**50.png >> >> --Dan >> > >I have the legacy Version 3.6.0.1 (Build ID: 360m1(Build:101)) om my main >box, running 64-bit Ubuntu 12.04 with the Cinnamon environment and, not >surprisingly, entering »soffice« from the command line lauches that version >of LO. I installed version 4.0.0.3 a couple of days ago, and if I instead >perform »/opt/libreoffice4.0/program/soffice« it is that version which will >launch. What I should like to do is to entirely replace the former with the >latter (with which, so far, I am very happy), so that when I run »soffice« >in a terminal or click my LO icons in Cinnamon, it is LibreOffice 4.0.0.3 >which launches instead of 3.6.0.1. Any suggestions - with all the gory >details - as to how to best go about this ?... > >Henri > >-- >For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org >Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ >Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette >List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ >All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted > > > -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
